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Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 16mins
_______________is a scientist who studies fossils.
Geologist
Fossilologist
Pediatrician
Paleontologist
The picture shows a fossil of a leaf. What can be learned from the fossil?
The size of the leaf
The color of the leaf
Which animals ate the leaf
How fast the animal grew
Which would be the best way to make a model of a fossil? (Cast Fossil)
Make a handprint and fill it with Clay (Plaster of Paris)
Press your hand into mud or snow and take a picture of it
Make a handprint and fill it with water
Trace your hand with chalk on the road
A Dinosaur Footprint - - - - Which type of fossil is this?
Cast Fossil
Trace Fossil
Fossil Fuel
Mould Fossil
When something is _____________________ it no longer
exists.
extinct
preserved
endangered
rotting
Which rock type would be best to find fossils?
Igneous Rock
Sedimentary Rock
Metamorphic Rock
An organism should be buried quickly after it dies if it has a chance of becoming a fossil
True
False
Which is a natural resource?
glass
paper
plants
leather
This type of resource can easily be replaced.
renewable
nonrenewable
This is formed when dead plants and animals experience heat and pressure over millions of years.
renewable
nonrenewable
a rock with valuable metals or minerals
Which of these can fossil fuels NOT make?
some medicines
food
plastics
cosmetics
Petroleum can be used to make lipstick and other cosmetics.
True
False
Fossil Fuels are
pieces of rock that have been compacted many times
rock that contains 50% plant and animal remains
metamorphic rock
fuels that form from the remains of plant and other organisms that were buried and altered over million of years
The three main types of fossil fuels are (Choose more than 1 answer) :
petroleum
natural gas
sunlight
coal
The first step in fossil fuel formation is
living things long ago died
they turn into coal
The second step in fossil fuel formation is
They are buried. Heat and pressure change the remains.
They become oil.
The third step in fossil fuel formation is
The living things die.
The remains change to oil, coal and natural gas.
The solid form of fossil fuels is _______.
petroleum
crude oil
natural gas
coal
The liquid form of fossil fuels is ___.
coal
petroleum
natural gas
Coal gas
The gas form of fossil fuels is ____.
petroleum
natural gas
coal
heat
Which of the following metals conducts heat and electricity the best?
aluminum
copper
steel
nickel
Metals are a good conductor of__________ .
Electricity only
Heat only
Heat & Electricity
Metals can be used to make? (Choose all that apply.)
Pots and pans
Copper wires
Iron nails
Parts of cars
